Destiny's Book One They set out to change their world through the power of words, and were themselves forever changed. Johnny and Maggie Stuart, booksellers and purveyors of wisdom par excellence, are vibrantly young and full of faith as they begin their two-thousand-mile journey west to dispense the Word and their own special brand of love in the untamed wilderness. Ever the dreamer, Johnny must learn to forsake his books for reality as they encounter rain-swollen rivers, sudden tragedy, and the fierce Native Americans of the Plains. But it is Maggie of the fire-red hair and the nurturing spirit who must teach him the most important lesson of all-that the language of love is written on the heart.

Now in the last miles on the Oregon Trail, will Johnny and Maggie Stuart be robbed of their cherished dream? For Johnny and Maggie and their young family, the long journey West has been fraught with danger. They have been beset by hunger, blistering heat, and bone-rattling chill. They have helped bring life into the world and have ushered it out. Even attacks by wild animals and hostile Indians have been weathered, and they have survived. Nothing, however, has prepared them for the cruelest cut of all: treachery from within their own ranks that will put their lives at risk and will create a growing rift between them. Will Johnny and Maggie's strong and shining faith endure this latest test? Will Johnny succumb to temptation more deadly than a well aimed arrow?